9.0% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashmont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ashmont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9% of people in Ashmont volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of community participation is a defining feature of the area, where residents are also much less likely to perform unpaid housework or child care than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 13% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While about 12.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, this is offset by lower rates of child care and housework. Only 21.5% care for children unpaid and 17% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures.
12.2% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of residents having served, slightly above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Ashmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10102/ashmont/topic/community